(11 hours ago)ASX_Terranova wrote Is there scope to do a "North East Express" i.e. something like the TFL Superloop. I have no idea which routes would work maybe modify exisiting expresses to be fully limited stop.
As far as regions go, we’ve already got a pretty decent express network, obviously there’s gaps and it’s nowhere near as large as it once was but take say the Cramlington-Newcastle Corridor as a prime example, it’s looking pretty good all things considered. Personally I’d like to see a faster Tyne Valley-Newcastle service reintroduced and I certainly think there would be scope for a coast-city express service for those that don’t particularly like to rely on the metro on both sides of the Tyne.
(10 hours ago)Storx wrote Be better to extend the Whitley Bay one to Newsham if you done that, it's quite difficult to get to the coast from Ashington etc and think the open bus from South Beach could be a quite popular, even if it's a bit of a novelty of just using the train.I’d agree to that especially if it deviated in Seaton Sluice to serve Collywell Bay Road, I did it back in the pandemic on an open top 309 and it was bliss. And with links to the Northumberland line too it would probably prove rather popular.
Mind it'd be nice to have a bus route which does the whole of the Coast ie. Blyth - Whitley Bay - Cullercoats - Tynemouth - North Shields Ferry - North Shields Metro, in the Summer, never mind open top buses.